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A container of this character -is not to be opened until its contents are ready 4to be served, whereupon the cover 2t may be removed, the mold inverted on a dat surface such as a dessert plate, `the tab 22 pulled outwardly which removes .the closure it, and finally, a continuation of the pull on the tab will tear the body of the container along the weakened lines 2l, thus completely removing all parts of the mold.

This procedure provides a nicely shaped serving of ice cream or the like with the design 23 in the same or in a contrasting color and raised in. base relief from the body of the confection. Primarily a mold of this type is intended to produce an individual serving, but as above pointed out, such a mold may be made of o. size to produce a body or" ice cream or the like for any oc casi-on, decorated in any desired appropriate manner that may be cut into individual portions, after the design has been appreciated by the guests.

Figure 4 illustrates .a folrm of the invention wherein a holly leaf design 244 is impressed outwardly in .the cylindrical wall or the container l. The design in the bottom closure Il may be used in combination with a design on the cylindrical Wall, or either may be omitted. When a design such as shown at t@ is used the internal impressions may be filled with material ci a color to contrast With the main body of ice cream or ,the like, or the entire mold may he made of one color, reproducing the design in losse relief.

In Figure 5 a Shamrock design 25 is illustrated as impressed inwardly in walls of the container. The mold in this form reproduces the design sunken into the finished product.

Figures 6 and l illust-rate a form of the invention wherein the bottom closure elementi'l it has an outward-ly impressed design 26 which for purposes of illustration is shown in the .form of a dog, and the surface texture of the impression is roughened .to reproduce the eiect of han' on lthe dog. A separate insert 2l is, adapted to t yin the mold and has a cut-out portion 2li that corresponds to the size and shape of the impression The insert 2'@ and the impression 2li give added depth to the design so that it stands up considerably higher and more prominently than it would ii the insert 2l were omitted. It will he noted that the inner surfaces of the cutout design in the insert 2l are tapered to fan cilitate the removal of the insert from the n- -ished product, or :in other words to give it draft Figures 8 and Q illust-rate a modied form of an insert similar .to 2l but of greater thickness to produce a still higher design on the nished product. The design illustrated in Figures 8 and 9 is a diamond, which for instance, might be molded in red contrasted with a body of white ice cream, to be served at a card party or the like. Obviously. the other card suits could be similarly reproduced. and in fact almost any suitable design to simulate any occasion, or the insignia of any organization or conventie/rl may be reproduced in any of the forms of the mold herein illustrated. The insert 2l can be used in combination with either inward or outward impressions, or the insert may be used alone to form the design without the cooperation of any other impression in the mold.

A feature of the present invention is that ice cream or the like can be placed .therein very rapidly and eiciently, whereupon the container is completely closed either by a telesooping cap as shown at 2B or a friction-iitting disk as at Zta. Thus the ice cream will not be contaminated and need not be opened until immediately before sewing.

These improved molds are well adapted for use by either large or small producers of ice cream or other confectionery but'they are particularly advantageous for the small user who cannot aiford more expensive metallic permanent molds such as have been extensively used in the past. Obviously, since the present molds are intended for use only once, the problem of cleaning ice cream molds after they have been used and maintaining them sanitary and sterile is completely eliminated. It has been found that the quality of ice cream and the attractiveness of the design formed in the molds of the present invention are improved over the former product.

Molds made according to this disclosure may be easily handled, shipped and stored without danger of breakage, and the tapered cylindrical design herein illustrated is particularly well suited to handling and shipping. In the form of the invention wherein the design is a separable part o the mold assembly, obviously any desired design may be quickly adapted 'to the mold. The

molds may be purchased as needed, and no other special equipment is necessary to produce an extremely wide variety of ice cream novelties or the like.

The design in the separate insert 2l need not always correspond in size and shape with the impressed design in the wall, but the two designs may cooperate to supply component elements. Thus a plurality ci contrasting colors may be effectively used.

What we claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

l.. The combination withv e. container cream or the like, of an insert therein a design impression.

Z. The combination with a container for icel cream or the like, of an insert therein having a mold design cut therethrough.

3. The combination with a container for ice cream or the like, of an insert therein having a tapered mold design cut therethrough.

d. A mold of the character described comprising a container having a design impression therein, and an insert in the mold having a design adapted to cooperate with the rst said design.

5. A mold of the character described comprising a container having a design impression therein, and an insert ln the mold having a design cut therethrough corresponding to the rst said design.

6. A mold of the character described comprising a container having a design impression therein, and an insert in the mold having a design cut therethrough superposed on the rst said design. '1. An ice cream mold comprising a tapered container inclusive o! a bottom closure, and an for ice having element having a design. separably supported on said closure.

8. An ice cream mold comprising a tapered container inclusive of a bottom closure, and an element having a design cut therethrough, separably supported on said closure.

9. in ice cream mold comprising a container, a plurality of interchangeable inserts therefor, each having a different design, and means in the container for supporting the respective inserts.

l0. in ice cream mold comprising a container inclusive oi a bottom closure, and an element having a design-for shaping the contents of the t mold, separably supported on said closure.

11. An ice cream mold comprising a, container inclusive oi a. bottom closure, and an element having a design cut therethrough for shaping the contents of the mold, separably supported on said closure.

12. An ice cream mold comprising a container composed of readily-destructible material for the reception oi frozen matter, and an insert in the mold having a design impression therein.

13. An ice cream mold comprising a' container composed of readily-destructible material for the reception of frozen matter and having a bottom closure, and an element having a design for shaping the contents of the mold, separably supported on said closure.

GUS C. MEYER. PAUL L. COX. 

